Hiro Protagonist
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Seen it before, years ago, although I still laugh when I read it
It is, however, a complete crock of shit. And QANTAS has had accidents, and passengers have died. However, the official QANTAS statement is that they have never had a fatal accident in their JET aircraft, which is true
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It's a Corolla II, basically a Euro/Jap Tercel hatch, and it'd have a some variant of the E series engine in it
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Pioneer DEH-P5650MP head unit, had it for a year now and absolutely no problems, no skipping unless over reeaaaaally big bumps or potholes, only complaint is that Pioneer don't make an mp3 compatible stacker so I can put my entire collection in the car
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Specs (as of 05/04/17):
1997 AE102R Conquest - "Charlene"Engine-related
7AFE 1.8L, 178,000km young
TRD ignition-leads
Painted cam coverHPC-coated 4-2-1 extractors
2" engine pipe to stainless 2.5" hiflow cat
2.25" mandrel-bent stainless exhaust through hotdog resonator
Stainless Lukey Ultraflow rear muffler, 3" dump tip
Combo dyno'd at 71.7kw ATW on Dyno Dynamics dyno in Shootout modeSuspension/driveline
C52 5-speed gearbox w/ custom short shifter
KYB Excel-G shocks
Lovells low springs all-round
Stock sway-bars (rear Ultra Racing sway bar waiting to be installed)
AE101/111 TRD 3-point 3-piece strut brace
Exterior
JDM AE101 FXGT front bar with lip extension and foglights
Hella grille (2x high-beam lights, yes it was a factory-option in Europe)
17x7 Speedy Lite-5 wheelsInterior/ICE
JDM AE101 FXGT factory-option Momo 4-spoke leather steering wheel
JDM AE111 BZG Levin front bucket seats
TRD leather gearknob
AE111 G6R leather shifter boot
JDM Centre console with flip-out cupholders
AE102 Sprinter dash clock instead of dummy air vent
Kenwood head-unit
VDO Dayton MPS-1300 5-1/4" front splits, tweeters on the side-mirror covers
JL Audio TR600-CXi 6" rear 2-ways
Still to be fitted/re-fitted
- JDM Clean Box
- JDM CleanAce roof-mounted air purifier
- BZ Touring-copy black crystal headlights w/ clear parkers instead of indicators
- Ultra Racing rear sway bar
- AE101 Levin Superstrut 275mm twin-piston front brakes
- Power folding mirrors
- Genuine JDM slimline weathershieldsOld pictures time:
Just after a wash, but only on camera phone
Engine bay stock, before painting
Painted heat shield, about to go on
First lot of painting done, time to run the engine to cure it
Open for business
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Nickname - Hiro Protagonist, Hiro, Riggers, Rigby
Name - Ian
Car - g/f's KE55 (HERE)
- AE102 sedan (thread coming)
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For Sale: Autotecnica gear shift knobby thingy, silver/grey, aluminium and faux carbon fibre (I'm assuming), VGC/PC
Reason for selling: Sits too high in my car, plus it's a lot lighter than the stock one so shift feel was too different. Installed in car for a week, but removed when another stock one was retrieved from the wreckers (old stock one had an "accident")
Includes: Genuine Autotecnica gear knob, 3 spare grub screws, Allen key, screw-on grub screw cover, 3 rubber adaptor sleeves (8, 10 and 12mm, although the 12mm one has scratches and a few punch marks from the grub screws). Will fit all Corollas, and probably every other car too with the adaptor sleeves
COMES WITH FREE AUTOTECNICA BLACK/SILVER KEY RING
NOTE: Does not include box or instructions, however even a simpleton could install it.
PRICE: Cost me $50, and $8 for the new stock one at the wreckers, so $20 pickup should cover it, or $25 posted to anywhere in AUS at my expense.
LOCATION - Newcastle, NSW
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Personally I'd try and get a KE70 K50 gearbox, as it doesn't require any change to the cross-member, shifter hole etc...plus, KE70s are more common at wreckers than 55s these days, and us poor schmoes in 55s would like it if you left all the KE55 K50s for us to get later down the track, as KE70 ones require mods to fit into the 55
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Cute cat.
And that interior looks neat as. This is going to make a good little project
Carpet is pretty crappy though, you really have to be careful with the vacuum otherwise the whole interior is sucked up.....I'm not even going to try going to Carlovers and using the vacuums there :)
Still, it'll go at one stage when we try and get the whole interior colour coded, along with the door trims (robins-egg blue doesn't go well with Australia Post red)
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yeah, a tacho would be useful.....was thinking of ripping out the (not working) clock and putting it in there, not a big fan of huge monster-style tachos. Ash tray is useless to us (neither of us smoke, and even if we did we wouldn't do it in the car), and it's a little wonky/stiff so it'll go at some stage, no idea what to put in it's place though
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Sounds interesting.
Does the switch look like the the demister one?? Like is it the same shape size?? Does it have a picture in the middle like the demister one does??
Nup, its a red toggle switch, looks like something that would fire a missle. No picture or anything, completely unlike the rear demister switch, which leads me to believe that it's aftermarket. No sign of front-mounted foglights though
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There is a demister to the right...with the picture and all but i don't think it has rear vents?
rear demister works by heating an element built into the rear windscreen, so no vents needed
Maybe it's an on/off switch for the non-existent supercharger ala Mad Max 2
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don't you mean OUR little KE55, dear? Remember's who is funding it at the moment too :D just kidding
Update: bought two front seats and seatbelts from the wreckers today, both in good nick with no tears, sagging etc, along with a windscreen wiper motor, $200 for the lot. All thats left now is to get the steering fixed and she'll be on the road, all nice and legal
Skool Rant
in Rollaclub Social (Off-Topic)
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Everyone hates high school, but it really is a walk in the park compared to university. At uni you have the equivalent work load of the HSC (or whatever it is in your state) every 6 months for 3 or 4 years, and some Year 12 advanced subjects (which you busted 3 nuts over and almost died from exhaustion and over-working) are summarised and covered completely within 2 weeks.
3 exams to go (3 days in a row) and I'm out of uni forever, I hope, and onto a long and illustrious career as an automotive designer (via whatever work I can get in the meantime till a job opening appears at Toyota et al)